A yes to Afrikaans is a yes to exclusion.
Afrikaans was once known as the “language of the oppressor”, and it wasn’t just a label. The 1976 June 16 uprisings were a direct result of the then government legislating that Afrikaans was going to be used as a medium of instruction in schools.
Things have changed a lot since then but we’ve recently seen Afrikaans interest groups going to court to defend the use of the language as a medium of instruction in many institutions of higher learning. How is this affecting our nation-building project? My take:
http://www.citizen.co.za/1287377/a-yes-to-afrikaans-is-a-yes-to-exclusion/
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